Created attachment 144864 [details] Mesh gradient looking really blocky. Krita 5.0.0 introduced a new type of gradient smoothing with blue noise (https://krita.org/en/krita-5-0-release-notes/). This appears to be unimplemented in mesh gradients (*attachment*). STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Make a rectangle on a vector layer 2. Select, add a mesh gradient OBSERVED RESULT It's really blocky. EXPECTED RESULT Smooth and possibly dithered. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: NixOS Linux with KDE environment KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.87.0 Qt Version: 5.15.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Using the Krita 5.0.0 x86_64 AppImage
The new smoothing only happens on raster gradients, not vector gradients nor mesh gradients. This is something we could implement at some point, but it would be a new feature.
Created attachment 165118 [details] Screenshot showing the difference between stop gradient and mesh gradient on a vector shape (600 dpi, the text is 9pt) I don't think this is a wish report, because the vector shapes with mesh gradients don't always - like in this case - need more values or blue noise to be smooth. I think there is an issue with rendering that for some reason doesn't see the true resolution of the file. The text above was 9pt, and the middle-and-upper parts show around 6 values - possibly the mesh gradient is painted in points (so 9 values calculated for 9 points of text) instead of pixels (which on 600 dpi image, as it was, is around, what, 56 pixels? And black-to-white gradient has 255 values, so we should see 56 values in the gradient without any additional smart smoothing).
Because of the above, I'm changing it back to a bug and setting to confirmed.